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Mobile vendors shifting focus from platforms to apps

(07 Aug 2003)

Mobile device vendors have stopped selling platforms and started selling applications that target specific business processes. According to a Yankee Group analyst, the emergence of more useful, prepackaged mobile applications to access networked information means lower costs for some companies.

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NEWS:
>>	Mobile vendors shifting focus from platforms to apps (SearchMobileComputing.com) 17 Apr 2003
>>	Windows CE plan draws criticism (CNET) 09 Apr 2003
>>	Windows CE plan draws criticism (CNET) 09 Apr 2003
>>	Analyst questions Palm's gain in WebSphere deal (SearchMobileComputing.com ) 26 Jun 2003
>>	Palm's Java focus keeps handheld fight alive (ZDNet) 28 Jul 2003
>>	Palm to update handheld, cut prices (CNET) 22 Jul 2003
>>	Microsoft updates CE .NET pricing, packaging (eWEEK) 06 May 2003
>>	Symbian opens developer environment (Vnunet.com) 22 Apr 2003
>>	RIM, Symbian partner on cell phone e-mail (CNET) 19 Mar 2003


LINKS:
>>	Best Web Links-->Platforms-->PocketPC
>>	Best Web Links-->Platforms-->Windows CE
>>	Best Web Links-->Platforms-->Palm OS
>>	Best Web Links-->Platforms-->.NET Compact Framework
>>	Best Web Links-->Platforms-->EPOC
>>	Best Web Links-->Platforms-->Symbian
>>	Best Web Links-->Platforms-->Other


ADVICE:
>>	Will Windows CE/Pocket PC devices overtake Windows PCs? WEBCASTS :Listen to Egil Juliussen, President of eTForecasts, discuss the likelihood that electronic devices using Windows CE or Pocket ...
>>	The Palm and Handspring union: A marriage of convenience, possibilities TIP :Scrappy little Handspring will be acquired by Palm in a deal that is estimated to be worth about $170 million in stock.
>>	.NET opens up a new bag of security issues TIP :With .NET you could communicate with any source from anywhere, but also possibly create a security nightmare.
>>	New SQL Anywhere: Sybase expands popular platform TIP :Sybase announces the release of SQL Anywhere Studio.
>>	Mobile CRM application for the Palm platform ASK THE EXPERTS :I'm a student, and I have an idea of developing a mobile CRM application for the Palm platform. Would the following ...
>>	As PDA market expands, Microsoft shrinks .NET Framework TIP :Redmond, Wash., software giant releases subset of .NET for extending enterprise applications to mobile devices.


WHITE PAPERS:
>>	Intel mobile platform vision guide for 2003
>>	Mobile e-mail platform functional specifications
>>	Secure communications with Windows CE
>>	Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
>>	Mobile computing with Windows XP
>>	Security brief: Implementing HIPAA-compliant Palm handheld solutions
>>	Creating mobile Web applications with Mobile Web Forms in Visual Studio .NET

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